THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



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G^COLORADO^^ 



AS AN AGRICULTURAL STATE. 



Its Farms, Fields and Garden Lands. 



BY WM. E. PABOR. 



Illustrated, 213 pages, 12mo, cloth, beveled boards. Price 

 $1.50, mailed, post-paid. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhUa. 



PRACTICAL AZALEA CULTURE. 



A TREATISE on the PROPAGATION and CULTURE 



OP THE 



AZALEA INDICA, 



BY ROBERT J. HaLUIDAY. 

 Illustrated, 110 pages, 12mo, cloth, price, J2.00. Mailed, post 

 paid on receipt of price. AHdress, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Fhlla. 



HOW PLANTS GROW. 



By Asa. Gray, M. D. 



A simple Introduction to Structural Botany^ with a Popular 

 Flora, or an arrangement and description of Common Plants, 

 both wild and cultivated. Illustrated with 500 wood engravings. 

 233 pages, large 16mo, half-arabesque, paper sides. Price SI 25. 

 Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price. 



Address CHAS H. MAROT, 



814 Chebtnut St., Phila. 



INSECT LIVES ; or, Born in Prison, 



BY JDLIA P. BALLARD. 



A practical book for the Children, tending to interest 

 them in Natural History through this attractive branch of 

 it. This book answers in a natural manner the queries : 

 How shall we interest children 1 How shall we Jnost inter- 

 est them ? How shall we 6ftsMnterest them. 97 pp., square 

 12ino, cloth, profusely and handsomely illustrated. Price, 

 SI.OO, by mail, post-paid. Address, 



tJHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhUa. 



TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS. 



BY MRS. M. D. WELLCOME. 



"The author chats of flowers in a very entertaining and 

 instructive manner. Many valuable hints are given to 

 amateurs respecting the sowing of seeds, rooting of cuttings, 

 window gardening, insects on plants, etc., etc."— Concord 

 Monitor. 



Pp lb'2 ; octavo, cloth, $1.00 ; paper, gilt, 60 cts. mailed, post- 

 paiu, on receipt of price. Address, 



CHAS, H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



GARDENERS' DICTIONARY. 



By Geo. W. Johnson, Editor of " CotUge Gardener." 



Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables desirable for the 

 Garden, and explaining the terms and operations employed in 

 [heir cultivation. New Edition, with a suoplement, iocluding the 

 new plants and varieties. ioi6 pp., i2mo, cloth, fine print. Price, 

 Jj.Ou. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT. 



814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



KEEPING ONE COW. 



Being the experience of a number of practical writers, in a clear 

 and condensed form, upon the 



Management of a Single Milch Cow. 

 Illustrated, 132 pages, cloth. Price, 81.00, mailed, post-paid, on 

 eceipt of price. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street. Phila. 



MUSHROOM CULTURE. 



ITS EXTENSION AND IMPBOVEMENT, 



BY WH. ROB1I4SOK. 



With numerous illustrations, 172 pages, cioth. Price, 7S«Btl. 

 Mailed, post paid, on receipt of price. 



CHAS. H. BIAROT, 814 Ohetcnot St., Fhlla. 



PLANT LIF[ ON THE 



By Maxwell T. Mastei-s, M.D., F.R.S. Plant nutrition; 

 The Work and the Materials; The Machinery; Growth, 

 Sensitiveness; Development; .Multiplication; The Battle of 

 Life ; Practical Inferences ; Decay and Death. 12 mo, cloth, 

 182 pages. Mailed, post-paid, 81. (SO. 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



Ciioice^Stove and Greenhouse Plants 



By Benj. S. WilUams. F. R. H. S. 



With descriptions of upwards of eleven hundred species aud 

 varieties. Instructions for their cultivation and mod <^ of manage- 

 ment. Illustrated with colored frontispiece and numerous 

 splendid illustrations. 686 pages, 2 vols., 12mo, cloth. Price 

 S5.00. Sent bv mall post- paid on receipt of price. 



Address CHAS. H. MAKOT. 



814 Chestnut St.. PhllC 



AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING 



-WINE MAKINCS-. 



By Grorge Husmann, Professor of Horticulture in University of 

 Missouri,with contributions from well.known Grape Growers, giving 



A WIDE KANGE OF EXPERIENCE. 



Illustrated 12mo, 243 pp., cloth; price, $1.50. Mailed post-piid 

 on receipt of price. Address, 



CHAS H. MAROT 



814 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. 



HOW TO PAINT. 



By a Practical Painter ; for the use of Tradesmen, 

 Mechanics, Merchants, Farmers, and as a Guide to Pro- 

 fessional Painters. Methods in Plain and Fancy Painting 

 of every description j Formulas for Mixing Paint in Oil or 

 Water, Tools, etc. This Book makes "every man his own 

 painier." 



Full Directions for Using White Lead, Lamp-Black, 

 Green, Yellow, Brown, Whiting, Glue, Pumice Stone, 

 Spirit-s of Turpentine, Oils, Varnishes, F'umiture Varnish, 

 .Milk Paint, Preparing Kalsomine, etc. Paint for Outlniild- 

 ing3-Whitew.ash, Paste tor Paper-Hanging, Hanging Paper, 

 Gr.aining in Oak. .Maple, Rosewood, Black W.aluut, Staining, 

 Uecalcomania, Making Rustic Pictures, Painting Flower- 

 Stands, Rosewood Polish, Varnishing Furniture, Waxing 

 Furniture, Cleaning Paint, Paint for Farming Tools, 

 .Machinery, Household Fixtures, etc. To Paint Farm 

 Wagon, Re-Vamish Carriage, make Plaster Casts. Sent 

 by mail, post paid, for 81.00. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa. 



FARM HOMES, 



IN-DOORS AND OUT-DOORS. 



By E. H. Leland. 

 Illustrated. 204 pages, cloth, price $1.50; mailed, post-paidon re- 

 ceipt of pnce. Address, 



CHAS. H. MABOT. 814 Chestnut St.. Fhlla. 



Subtropical Garden; 



Or, Beauty of Form In the Flower Garden. 



By W. Robinson, F. L. S. 

 Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, l2mo, cloth. Price, $3.7$ 

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 Address. CHAS. H. MAROT. 8m Chestnut St., Phila. 



WINDOW FLOWER GARDEN. 



By Julius J. Heintich, 



Handsomely illustrated. This work endeavors by a few simple 

 directions for the management of plants and flowers in the window 

 or conservatory, to show to all members of the family, and especial- 

 ly the children, that the cultiYation of flowers is not difficult , and 

 brings more real enjoyment than many more expensive amusements. 



It is intended for all, includingchildren, excluding technical terms 

 as far as possible, and giving the most simple direction*. 93 pp., 19 

 mo, cloth 75c. Sent by mail post<pald on receipt 01 price. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Str«et, PhUa 



